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Jane Taylor #2
Crossing the Line
London editor Jane Taylor pretended to be pregnant for months. Now she has rescued an actual abandoned baby — which would have come in handy for keeping up her charade, except that the infant is black and Jane is white. Finally giving up her ruse, Jane comes clean to the people in her life — but she wants to keep this precious little one.
To do that, she’ll have to battle Social Services and take on anyone who tries to get in her way, with some help from her ex-boyfriend Tolkien. But as she tries to reassure others — and herself — that she would make a fit mother, it’s clear that she’ll always be crazy Jane . . .
To do that, she’ll have to battle Social Services and take on anyone who tries to get in her way, with some help from her ex-boyfriend Tolkien. But as she tries to reassure others — and herself — that she would make a fit mother, it’s clear that she’ll always be crazy Jane . . .
304 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2004
11 people are currently reading
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About the author
Lauren Baratz-Logsted
53 books471 followersLauren grew up in Monroe, CT, where her father owned a drugstore at which her mother was the pharmacist. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where she majored in psychology. She also has what she calls her “half-Masters” in English from Western Connecticut State University (five courses down, another five to go…someday!).
Throughout college, she worked semester breaks as a doughnut salesperson, a job that she swears gave her white lung disease from all the powdered sugar she breathed.
Upon graduation, she began work at the venerable independent spacebookseller, now sadly defunct as such, Klein’s of Westport. There, she bought and sold for the better part of 11 years.
In November 1994, Lauren left the bookstore to finally take a chance on herself as a writer. Success did not happen over night. Between 1994 and May 2002 – when Red Dress Ink called with an offer to buy THE THIN PINK LINE – Lauren worked as a book reviewer, a freelance editor and writer, and a window washer, making her arguably the only woman in the world who has ever both hosted a book signing party and washed the windows of the late best-selling novelist Robert Ludlum.
Since Red Dress Ink’s call in 2002, Lauren has been kept very busy with writing more novels and checking her Amazon ranking on a daily basis. She still lives in Danbury, with her husband and daughter, where she has lived since 1991.
In addition to writing, Lauren’s daughter keeps her busy, accounting for the rest of her time.
Lauren’s favorite color is green.
Lauren’s favorite non-cat animals are penguins.
Lauren wants you to know that, however you are pronouncing her last name, you are probably pronouncing it wrong.
Throughout college, she worked semester breaks as a doughnut salesperson, a job that she swears gave her white lung disease from all the powdered sugar she breathed.
Upon graduation, she began work at the venerable independent spacebookseller, now sadly defunct as such, Klein’s of Westport. There, she bought and sold for the better part of 11 years.
In November 1994, Lauren left the bookstore to finally take a chance on herself as a writer. Success did not happen over night. Between 1994 and May 2002 – when Red Dress Ink called with an offer to buy THE THIN PINK LINE – Lauren worked as a book reviewer, a freelance editor and writer, and a window washer, making her arguably the only woman in the world who has ever both hosted a book signing party and washed the windows of the late best-selling novelist Robert Ludlum.
Since Red Dress Ink’s call in 2002, Lauren has been kept very busy with writing more novels and checking her Amazon ranking on a daily basis. She still lives in Danbury, with her husband and daughter, where she has lived since 1991.
In addition to writing, Lauren’s daughter keeps her busy, accounting for the rest of her time.
Lauren’s favorite color is green.
Lauren’s favorite non-cat animals are penguins.
Lauren wants you to know that, however you are pronouncing her last name, you are probably pronouncing it wrong.
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March 7, 2008
The sequel to The Thin Pink Line. I had to find out what that immature, obnoxious character was going to do....
September 23, 2011
This one was a bit better than the first one. At least I didn't have the urge to stop reading it. I'd actually skip the first book and just read this one
April 7, 2018
What?!
How can they end a book that way???
This was a great follow up to the first book. Although Jane still has some growing up to do, little Emma helps her towards that goal. But does she finally get a happy ending?
How can they end a book that way???
This was a great follow up to the first book. Although Jane still has some growing up to do, little Emma helps her towards that goal. But does she finally get a happy ending?
January 12, 2018
I love these Jane Taylorbooks
I love these books and I love this author. I highly recommend this book, it was just as entertaining as the first. Very fun!
I love these books and I love this author. I highly recommend this book, it was just as entertaining as the first. Very fun!
October 29, 2009
I know I hated the other Baratz-Logsted book I read, but I read The Thin Pink Line a few years ago and loved it, but felt totally cheated by the end. This book, then, was very exciting for me to find! Even coming at it this much later, I still remembered the story and characters enough that I got into it quickly, and it's obvious that the stilted style from the other book of hers I'd read was exactly that - a style used for the book. This one was well-written, funny, entertaining, and just a touch over-the-top, but in a good way. Predictable, yes, but definitely entertaining, and it manages to seem totally unpredictable since the main character is such a great lunatic (I mean that in the nicest way!)
March 27, 2012
I hated the first book but I guess not enough to want to read the second. I guess it was the cliffhanger end. The main character continues to be irritating and now has also become even more ignorant and offensive.
I have somehow read three of this author's books. By the time of the third one, though, I had caught on as to who she was and read it only to make fun of it with my friends.
I have somehow read three of this author's books. By the time of the third one, though, I had caught on as to who she was and read it only to make fun of it with my friends.
March 2, 2008
blah book about this lady that pretends to be pregnant then finds a black baby on a church step and decides to raise it....you don't really hear much about the "raising" till the last paragraph of each chapter.....chick lit that wasn't to entertaining, I wouldn't even suggest it for beach reading
October 21, 2009
Not as good as the first. but a much needed end to the book I have thought about for years. Then again if there isn't already there will most likely be a third book, just guessing by the way it left off.
November 29, 2020
I enjoyed the first book, and this was similarly ludicrously nonsensical fun...albeit a little less fun because the whole racial identity mess combined with a closeted gay mom just took the title to heart.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 13, 2007
Finally! The sequel to The Thin Pink Line. This book tied everything from the first book up nicely and was a much better book than the prequel.
January 17, 2008
This was an ok book. It was a little more serious than a lot of the other RDI books I've read, but I did enjoy it somewhat.
July 25, 2008
This was a silly, unbelievable book that I read to fill my time. As a time filler, it worked. As a book, not so much.
June 19, 2009
GREAT sequel! Better than the first in the series. I am hoping for another installment!
September 15, 2009
Mostly fluff and little substance...could have been so much more.
March 8, 2012
I liked this a lot better than the first! Review to come
December 17, 2012
It was a lot than the first, but still not a great book. I'm not sure I will read the third book.
July 20, 2013
The first book was so much better. This one was awful. It was too slow and unrealistic. I haven't put a book down in YEARS without finishing it. This book just broke that streak!
January 22, 2014
loved this story. could see the plot twist coming froma a mile away but jane was as funny and engaging and crazy as in the thin pink line.
August 2, 2008
Not as good as the prequel. A little predictable.
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